diff --git a/.deadcode-out b/.deadcode-out
index a00ada7529..0685c6b385 100644
--- a/.deadcode-out
+++ b/.deadcode-out
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ package "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
 package "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/charset"
 	func (*BreakWriter).Write
 	func ToUTF8
-	func EscapeControlString
 
 package "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
 	func GetPrivateContext
@@ -200,6 +199,7 @@ package "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	func (ErrExecTimeout).Error
 	func (ErrUnsupportedVersion).Error
 	func SetUpdateHook
+	func EmptyObjectID
 	func openRepositoryWithDefaultContext
 	func GetBranchCommitID
 	func IsTagExist
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ package "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/translation"
 	func (MockLocale).TrN
 	func (MockLocale).PrettyNumber
 
+package "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
+	func UnsafeStringToBytes
+
 package "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util/filebuffer"
 	func CreateFromReader